The Washington Capitals and Dallas Stars will meet at Capital One Arena in a match up that Dallas has dominated for over 15 years. The Caps are 3-10-1-1 all time at home vs. Dallas, including a 0-5-1 stretch in the last six fixtures.

Puck drop is at 7 PM on NBCSWA. Pat will grace you with a recap.

Record	38-27-8	41-24-7
Shot Attempt %	51.3%	48.0%
PDO	100.1	101.7
Power Play	20.4%	22.5%
Penalty Kill	81.8%	79.7%

Projected Lines

Braden Holtby will tend the twine, Kuzy is out once again, and Brooks Orpik is a game-time decision. This is how the rest of the Caps lined up at practice:

Ovechkin – Backstrom – Wilson
Burakovsky – Eller – Oshie
Vrana – Boyd – Connolly
Stephenson – Beagle – DSP

Djoos – Carlson
Orlov – Niskanen
Kempny – Jerabek

Holtby

This felt good to watch

Nick Foligno with a crushing hit on Brad Marchand pic.twitter.com/LDJeoIvA8z

— Brady Trettenero (@BradyTrett) March 20, 2018

Storylines

• Here is Alex and TJ going insane before taking the ice for an away game.
• It has been nine years since Alex Ovechkin pulled the “hot stick” celebration out of his bag of tricks against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
• Reports say that the Capitals plan to sign Axel Jonsson-Fjällby to an entry-level contract after his playoff campaign is over in Sweden.
• Out with an upper body injury in Philly, Kuzy skated by himself before practice on Monday.
• The Caps loss in Philly meant that the Flyers took the season series three wins to one.
• Evgeny Kuznetsov entered a contest to win his own signed jersey.
• TJ Oshie and Travis Konecny went toe-to-toe in a pretty fantastic bout.

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